fixes dereference for documents (allow_inheritance = False)

mongoengine/dereference.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import operator
 import pymongo
 
 from base import BaseDict, BaseList, get_document, TopLevelDocumentMetaclass
+from fields import ReferenceField
 from connection import _get_db
 from queryset import QuerySet
 from document import Document
@@ -32,8 +33,16 @@ class DeReference(object):
             items = [i for i in items]
 
         self.max_depth = max_depth
+        
+        doc_type = None
+        if instance and instance._fields:
+            doc_type = instance._fields[name].field
+    
+            if isinstance(doc_type, ReferenceField):
+                doc_type = doc_type.document_type
+
         self.reference_map = self._find_references(items)
-        self.object_map = self._fetch_objects()
+        self.object_map = self._fetch_objects(doc_type=doc_type)
         return self._attach_objects(items, 0, instance, name, get)
 
     def _find_references(self, items, depth=0):
@@ -80,7 +89,7 @@ class DeReference(object):
         depth += 1
         return reference_map
 
-    def _fetch_objects(self):
+    def _fetch_objects(self, doc_type=None):
         """Fetch all references and convert to their document objects
         """
         object_map = {}
@@ -94,7 +103,10 @@ class DeReference(object):
             else:  # Generic reference: use the refs data to convert to document
                 references = _get_db()[col].find({'_id': {'$in': refs}})
                 for ref in references:
-                    doc = get_document(ref['_cls'])._from_son(ref)
+                    if '_cls' in ref:
+                        doc = get_document(ref['_cls'])._from_son(ref)
+                    else:
+                        doc = doc_type._from_son(ref)
                     object_map[doc.id] = doc
         return object_map
 

tests/document.py

@@ -289,6 +289,31 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
         Zoo.drop_collection()
         Animal.drop_collection()
 
+    def test_reference_inheritance(self):
+        class Stats(Document):
+            created = DateTimeField(default=datetime.now)
+
+            meta = {'allow_inheritance': False}
+
+        class CompareStats(Document):
+            generated = DateTimeField(default=datetime.now)
+            stats = ListField(ReferenceField(Stats))
+
+        Stats.drop_collection()
+        CompareStats.drop_collection()
+
+        list_stats = []
+
+        for i in xrange(10):
+            s = Stats()
+            s.save()
+            list_stats.append(s)
+
+        cmp_stats = CompareStats(stats=list_stats)
+        cmp_stats.save()
+
+        self.assertEqual(list_stats, CompareStats.objects.first().stats)
+
     def test_inheritance(self):
         """Ensure that document may inherit fields from a superclass document.
         """